assignlocal
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VALUE
The assignlocal statement performs an assignment, much like an equals sign or the assign statement. However, the assignlocal statement only performs the assignment to a local variable.
Parameters
This statement has two parameters:
variable – is the name of the variable that you want to modify.
value – calculates the value that will be placed into the variable.
Description
This statement performs an assignment, much like an equals sign or the assign statement. However, the assignlocal statement only performs the assignment to a local variable. (If the variable doesn’t exist at all, it is created automatically and given the specified value.)
The procedure below will assign the value 714 to the AreaCode local variable – even if there is a global or fileglobal variable named AreaCode, or a field with that name.
assignlocal AreaCode,"714"
See Also
- assign -- assigns a value to a field or variable.
- assignfield -- performs an assignment, much like an equals sign or the assign statement. However, the *assignfield* statement only performs the assignment to a database field, not to any variable.
- assignfieldwithsideeffects -- performs an assignment, much like an equals sign or the assign statement. However, the *assignfieldwithsideeffects* statement only performs the assignment to a database field, not to any variable. After performing the assignment, it will run any side effects associated with the field, including formulas and code associated with the field.
- assignfileglobal -- performs an assignment, much like an equals sign or the assign statement. However, the *assignfileglobal* statement only performs the assignment to a fileglobal variable.
- assignglobal -- performs an assignment, much like an equals sign or the assign statement. However, the *assignglobal* statement only performs the assignment to a global variable.
- assignwindowglobal -- performs an assignment, much like an equals sign or the assign statement. However, the *assignwindowglobal* statement only performs the assignment to a windowglobal variable.
- define -- performs an assignment, much like an equals sign or the assign statement. However, the *define* statement only performs the assignment if the variable is currently undefined. If the variable already has a value, the *define* statement leaves it alone. The *define* statement is especially useful for initializing permanent variables.
- fileglobal -- creates one or more fileglobal variables.
- let -- creates a local variable and assigns a value to it.
- letfileglobal -- creates a fileglobal variable and assigns a value to it.
- letglobal -- creates a global variable and assigns a value to it.
- letpermanent -- creates a permanent variable and assigns a value to it.
- letservervariable -- creates a server variable and assigns a value to it.
- letwindowglobal -- creates a windowglobal variable and assigns a value to it.
- set -- performs an assignment, much like an equals sign or the assign statement. However, the destination of the assignment can be calculated on the fly.
- setfield -- performs an assignment, much like an equals sign or the assign statement. However, the destination field of the assignment can be calculated on the fly.
- setglobal -- sets a value into a global variable. The name of the global variable is calculated on the fly.
- setlocal -- sets a value into a local variable. The name of the local variable is calculated on the fly.
- setlocalsfromdictionary -- converts a dictionary into a collection of local variables. The names and values of the local variables will be derived from the dictionary contents.
History
| 10.0 | New | New in this version. |